Macro- and micro-effects of the super levy in the Netherlands

This article deals with the consequences of a decline in milk production for the Dutch economy. On the basis of theoretical investigations and of the first information from practice an opinion is given on the way dairy farmers in the Netherlands will react to the super levy. On the basis of reactions in the dairy sector and in connected industries the short-term effects on income and employment are calculated with help of input-output-analysis. Also a short sketch is given of the effects in the longer term.o